Charles Collins - Above the bright blue sky

  
Above the Bright Blue Skies was commissioned for the Littleton (Colorado) Children's Chorale in the spring of 1996. It is a two-part treble setting of a poem by Albert Midlane. Midlane was an ironmonger on the Island of Wight who wrote over 800 hymns during his lifetime. The compound meter of the melody should be sung in an easy "groove," typical of gospel style.